that parents worry about the baseball situations than their sons do ---what do you think?
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Me thinks that you worry about parents that worry about their son's baseball situation too much.
Oh yes - that's the truth. But, that's because our "wisdom and perspective" means that we know both optimism and success AND worry and failure.
I think thats a true statement. Most of the boys just want to play and hit.Watching my son grow into an adult, he doesnt worry about a lot. I am an Italian mother I worry.
But honestly its not so much the baseball I worry about, he is living on his own this semester, I worry about:1. is he eating enough 2. is he doing enough school work 3.is he wearing his retainer at night( does he even still have his retainer)
4.is he behaving like the man I raised him to be 5.does he eat fruit, vegetables 6. is he dating and WHO 7. and on and on and on LOL
He keeps telling me I am taking care of things and I am learning to trust that comment. And if he fails and makes a mistake he will have to get back up and try it again.
I guess I dont worry becasue he plays and starts and hes having a lot of fun and I love his teammates and roomates and love watching them play together and compete. how they handle their losses , how they come back from that and then win again. I love the baseball.
But honestly its not so much the baseball I worry about, he is living on his own this semester, I worry about:1. is he eating enough 2. is he doing enough school work 3.is he wearing his retainer at night( does he even still have his retainer)
4.is he behaving like the man I raised him to be 5.does he eat fruit, vegetables 6. is he dating and WHO 7. and on and on and on LOL
He keeps telling me I am taking care of things and I am learning to trust that comment. And if he fails and makes a mistake he will have to get back up and try it again.
I guess I dont worry becasue he plays and starts and hes having a lot of fun and I love his teammates and roomates and love watching them play together and compete. how they handle their losses , how they come back from that and then win again. I love the baseball.
I think it's the main reason this message board exists.
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At least he got you to do that much FO!
quote:Originally posted by FormerObserver:
Me thinks ...
At least he got you to do that much FO!
FO doesn't have to think, he learns from observing. 
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You're right TPM...he does a lot of that. Of course his den is perfectly suited for him...
You're right TPM...he does a lot of that. Of course his den is perfectly suited for him...
As fan of the games states....we worry about every thing....heck we have loved and cared for them since before they were even born. It doesn't stop when they reach a certain age....it takes moms a little while to easy off....cut us a little slack
I will go back to what I said to all the parents in little league, "Your kid has a better chance of becoming Bill Gates than Babe Ruth"
I am not going to pretend that I know as much about baseball as 90% of the people on this site, but I agree with TR, parents are way to involved and worried. I told my son when its not fun anymore stop, he is going to a D2 school next year with a nice little package.
But he is going to this school because it is a good fit for him acedemically, he had other offers but it isn't just about baseball.
The game of Baseball is a wonderfull thing in and of itself, I may be dating myself but when I played Little League we all rode our bikes to the game and to the ice cream shop afterward and the only adults present were the coaches.
My son was never the best player in LL or even near it, when he was cut from the Williamsport team he was heart broken, I informed him he had a choice, "you can dry up and blow away or try to get better, it is totally up too you"
Well he worked to get better and he did, It just seems to me that alot of parents are missing the best part of it all, it is the journey, not the destination. (The time spent together at Tourny's, the 5 hour drives to them, and oh my the wonderful conversations during those trips, I would not trade them for A-Rod's contract.)
I know for a fact that my son will never earn a penny playing baseball, so what, he is a great kid, never been in trouble,, respects his parents, siblings and others, is in incredably good condition and works hard at school. (I can not say that about alot of the LL "All Stars")
Baseball has had alot to do with that.
I am not going to pretend that I know as much about baseball as 90% of the people on this site, but I agree with TR, parents are way to involved and worried. I told my son when its not fun anymore stop, he is going to a D2 school next year with a nice little package.
But he is going to this school because it is a good fit for him acedemically, he had other offers but it isn't just about baseball.
The game of Baseball is a wonderfull thing in and of itself, I may be dating myself but when I played Little League we all rode our bikes to the game and to the ice cream shop afterward and the only adults present were the coaches.
My son was never the best player in LL or even near it, when he was cut from the Williamsport team he was heart broken, I informed him he had a choice, "you can dry up and blow away or try to get better, it is totally up too you"
Well he worked to get better and he did, It just seems to me that alot of parents are missing the best part of it all, it is the journey, not the destination. (The time spent together at Tourny's, the 5 hour drives to them, and oh my the wonderful conversations during those trips, I would not trade them for A-Rod's contract.)
I know for a fact that my son will never earn a penny playing baseball, so what, he is a great kid, never been in trouble,, respects his parents, siblings and others, is in incredably good condition and works hard at school. (I can not say that about alot of the LL "All Stars")
Baseball has had alot to do with that.
There is no doubt we worry more than the kids. We worry about everything our kids do. Why should baseball be any different.
We hope for and help them achieve success with anything they undertake. It is, IMO, what being a parent is all about. Guiding our children through the early part of their lives in the hope that it will propel them onto productive happy adult lives.
So we try to guide them through their baseball journey by educating ourselves about the game and the game outside the game. i.e. recruiting.
Cutter Dad has it right. The HSBBW exists because of caring parents. This is the place we come to learn.
We hope for and help them achieve success with anything they undertake. It is, IMO, what being a parent is all about. Guiding our children through the early part of their lives in the hope that it will propel them onto productive happy adult lives.
So we try to guide them through their baseball journey by educating ourselves about the game and the game outside the game. i.e. recruiting.
Cutter Dad has it right. The HSBBW exists because of caring parents. This is the place we come to learn.
quote:We hope for and help them achieve success with anything they undertake. It is, IMO, what being a parent is all about. Guiding our children through the early part of their lives in the hope that it will propel them onto productive happy adult lives.
Reminds me of an excerpt from an article on 19-year-old golf phenom Rory McIlroy, published in Sports Illustrated's Masters Preview this week:
"Like Earl and Tida Woods, Gerry and Rosie (Rory's parents) have only one child, and they have devoted themselves to his golf. Rosie, though on an injury leave now, works a midnight-to-8 a.m. shift at the 3M plant in Belfast, putting rolls of tape into boxes and stacking them. For eight years Gerry worked three jobs, including tending bar and cleaning at a rugby club. (Now he is the food-and-beverage manager at a golf club on the outskirts of Belfast.) For most of Rory's boyhood his parents were passing ships in the night, and one day Rory asked, 'Why are we not like a normal family?' The answer was because the parents saw what golf meant to their son, and because they saw his potential.
"'At the end of the day I didn't want to say, 'Why didn't you put more effort into Rory?' Gerry said one afternoon...."